US20040014495A1 - Method for operating a communications system - Google Patents

Method for operating a communications system Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US20040014495A1
US20040014495A1 US10/380,794 US38079403A US2004014495A1 US 20040014495 A1 US20040014495 A1 US 20040014495A1 US 38079403 A US38079403 A US 38079403A US 2004014495 A1 US2004014495 A1 US 2004014495A1
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
communications
text
graphical information
communications terminal
displayed
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
US10/380,794
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Ralf Neuhaus
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Siemens AG
Original Assignee
Siemens AG
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Siemens AG filed Critical Siemens AG
Assigned to SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT reassignment SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: NEUHAUS, RALF
Publication of US20040014495A1 publication Critical patent/US20040014495A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42314—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers in private branch exchanges
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42136—Administration or customisation of services
    • H04M3/42153—Administration or customisation of services by subscriber
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2201/00—Electronic components, circuits, software, systems or apparatus used in telephone systems
    • H04M2201/38—Displays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
    • H04M3/493—Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
    • H04M3/4931—Directory assistance systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M7/00—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
    • H04M7/12—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/12—Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/18—Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W48/00—Access restriction; Network selection; Access point selection
    • H04W48/08—Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/26—Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Definitions

  • the object of the present invention is to disclose a method for providing any communications terminals with system-specific messages by means of a communications facility.
  • a significant aspect of the method according to the invention can be seen in the fact that text and/or graphical information can be made available for supplying any communications terminals with system-specific messages in a communications system according to a standardized protocol.
  • system-specific messages that are transmitted by a communications facility and are to be displayed on a user interface device of a terminal are converted according to a protocol for wireless text and/or graphical information transmission, for example the known Wireless Access Protocol (WAP).
  • WAP Wireless Access Protocol
  • text and/or graphical information formatted accordingly can be converted into virtually any terminal-specific data format or communications facility-specific data transmission protocol. This enables services that are activated or deactivated by means of an exchange of system-specific messages or text and/or graphical information, for example, to be standardized within a communications system.
  • telephone directory entries form part of the text and/or graphical information.
  • the telephone directory entries include, at a minimum, details of the name and call number of a subscriber. In this way a standardized service is made available on a system-wide basis.
  • FIG. 1 shows a communications system with a communications facility and a number of terminals
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram for operation of a communications system.
  • the communications system shown in FIG. 1 includes a communications facility PBX, a send/receive station BTS, multiple terminals TE 1 , TE 2 , TE 3 connected to the communications facility PBX, and a mobile terminal MS connected to the send/receive station BTS via a wireless interface AIR-IFC.
  • the communications facility is equipped with a switching network SN, a switching control unit CP and a peripheral connection device.
  • a system-specific message SYS-MSG to be displayed on a user interface device UI of a communications terminal TE 1 is converted by a converter device PCV of the communications facility PBX according to a protocol for wireless text and/or graphical information transmission. This corresponds to step 1 of the flow diagram shown in FIG. 2.
  • the converted system-specific message SYS-MSG is subsequently transmitted from the communications facility PBX to the communications terminal TE 1 on whose user interface device UI the system-specific message SYS-MSG is to be displayed (step 2 ).
  • the user interface device UI features a display device DIS and a keyboard KB.
  • the Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) is used as the protocol for wireless text and/or graphical information transmission.
  • the received system-specific message SYS-MSG is checked to determine whether it can be displayed on the display device DIS in its present format. If the system-specific message SYS-MSG which is formatted according to the Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) cannot be displayed on the display device DIS, the system-specific message SYS-MSG is converted in a converter device TCV of the communications terminal TE 1 into a data format which can be displayed by the display device DIS. Finally, the system-specific message SYS-MSG is displayed on the display device DIS with a request for a user input (step 3 ).
  • WAP Wireless Access Protocol
  • address information AI assigned to the selection input SI is transmitted by the communications terminal TE 1 to the communications facility PBX (step 4 ).
  • the address information AI is converted in the converter device PCV into a system-specific message for activation or deactivation of a performance feature or service by, for example, an operating control unit that is not specified in further detail (step 5 ).
  • the method described can also be carried out in the same manner for the mobile terminal device MS connected to the communications facility PBX via the wireless interface AIR-IFC and the send/receive station.
  • the mobile terminal device MS can be assigned, for example, to an inhouse wireless network that constitutes an extension of an existing inhouse communications network based on one or more communications facilities PBX.
  • the address information AI is determined in an address value detection device ADR-DET of the communications terminal TE 1 on the basis of a selection input SI.
  • the requested text and/or graphical information TGI is identified by the selection input SI.
  • the address information AI is transmitted to the communications facility PBX by the communications terminal TE 1 .
  • a connection for packet-oriented data transmission is set up by a control device CTL of the communications facility PBX to a server WAP-SRV which is identified by the address information AI.
  • the control device CTL additionally sends a request RQ for transmission of the text and/or graphical information TGI which is identified by the selection input SI to the server WAP-SRV.
  • the communications facility PBX preferably has an interface—not disclosed in any more detail—to a network WEB for packet-oriented data transmission.
  • An example of such a network WEB is the Internet or an inhouse intranet. Text and/or graphical information requested for a communications device TE 1 , TE 2 , TE 3 can therefore be retrieved by a plurality of servers S 1 to Sn.
  • the server WAP-SRV sends the text and/or graphical information TGI via the network WEB to the communications facility PBX according to the request RQ.
  • the text and/or graphical information TGI received by the server WAP-SRV is transmitted via the communications facility PBX to the communications terminal TE 1 for which the text and/or graphical information TGI was requested.
  • the text and/or graphical information TGI is converted in the converter device TCV of the communications terminal TE 1 into the data format that can be displayed by the communications terminal TE 1 .
  • Selection information identifying retrievable text and/or graphical information TGI is displayed on the user interface device UI of the communications terminal TE 1 .
  • Selection information displayed on the communications terminal TE 1 can thus be made available for the request input by the user.
  • the request input by the user can be submitted by actuation of a dial key K 1 to K 9 preprogrammed on the communications terminal TE 1 .
  • a standardized system-wide service can, for example, be made available within a communications system by means of telephone directory entries with, at a minimum, details of name and call number of subscribers as part of the text and/or graphical information.
  • a further service based on the method according to the invention is the sending and receiving of short messages (SMS—Short Message Services) on terminal devices connected to a communications facility.
  • SMS Short Message Services
  • a prerequisite for this is that the particular communications facility offers a means of accessing mobile communications networks.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
  • Communication Control (AREA)
  • Computer And Data Communications (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
US10/380,794 2000-09-19 2001-09-07 Method for operating a communications system Abandoned US20040014495A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE10046337 2000-09-19
DE10046337.1 2000-09-19
PCT/DE2001/003457 WO2002028080A2 (de) 2000-09-19 2001-09-07 Verfahren zum anzeige von systemspezifischen meldungen auf endgeräten beliebiger hersteller

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US20040014495A1 true US20040014495A1 (en) 2004-01-22

Family

ID=7656786

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US10/380,794 Abandoned US20040014495A1 (en) 2000-09-19 2001-09-07 Method for operating a communications system

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US20040014495A1 (de)
EP (1) EP1320982A2 (de)
CN (1) CN1496650A (de)
WO (1) WO2002028080A2 (de)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE10231188A1 (de) * 2002-07-10 2004-02-05 Tenovis Gmbh & Co. Kg Verfahren zur Darstellung von Informationen auf einem Display eines drahtgebundenen Telefonendgerätes sowie drahtgebundenes Telefonendgerät

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5309509A (en) * 1992-07-27 1994-05-03 At&T Bell Laboratories Graphical user interface workstation
US5657378A (en) * 1995-04-11 1997-08-12 M Power Corporation Digital screen phone terminal with graphical user interface
US6192118B1 (en) * 1994-11-01 2001-02-20 Davox Corporation Computer telephone system and method having a graphical user interface
US6278454B1 (en) * 1998-09-24 2001-08-21 Ericsson Inc. Call progress graphical user interface
US6393116B1 (en) * 1998-03-13 2002-05-21 Alcatel Method for managing a subscriber's telecommunication service data as well as a server and exchange therefor

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19834210A1 (de) * 1998-07-29 2000-02-03 Siemens Ag Durchführung interaktiver Dienstdialoge in einem Telekommunikationsnetz
EP1028561B1 (de) * 1999-02-12 2004-08-11 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Datenkommunikation zwischen Drahtlosverarbeitungsprotokollsendstelle und Drahtlosverarbeitungsserver
EP1139644A3 (de) * 2000-03-30 2003-01-08 Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG Rechnergesteuertes Vermittlungssystem

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5309509A (en) * 1992-07-27 1994-05-03 At&T Bell Laboratories Graphical user interface workstation
US6192118B1 (en) * 1994-11-01 2001-02-20 Davox Corporation Computer telephone system and method having a graphical user interface
US5657378A (en) * 1995-04-11 1997-08-12 M Power Corporation Digital screen phone terminal with graphical user interface
US6393116B1 (en) * 1998-03-13 2002-05-21 Alcatel Method for managing a subscriber's telecommunication service data as well as a server and exchange therefor
US6278454B1 (en) * 1998-09-24 2001-08-21 Ericsson Inc. Call progress graphical user interface

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2002028080A3 (de) 2003-02-13
EP1320982A2 (de) 2003-06-25
CN1496650A (zh) 2004-05-12
WO2002028080A2 (de) 2002-04-04

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0701381B1 (de) Verfahren und Fernsprechapparat zur Feststellung der zugeteilten Merkmale eines Fernsprechteilnehmers
EP1249118B1 (de) Verfahren und vorrichtung zum abrufen von anruferinformationen in einem mobilkommunikationssystem
US20030060231A1 (en) Method for operating a communications system
US20060111095A1 (en) Dynamically distributed, portal-based application services network topology for cellular systems
CA2357396A1 (en) Methods and apparatus for facilitating the interaction between multiple telephone and computer users
NO316627B1 (no) Privat snorlost WAP-system
EP2116033B1 (de) Verfahren und vorrichtung zur ereignisbasierten synchronisation von daten zwischen kommunikationsgeräten
WO2003107620A2 (en) Downloadable profiles for mobile terminals
JP2984620B2 (ja) 着信通知機能付き電子メールシステム
US20020146107A1 (en) Selective call waiting
EP1519600B1 (de) Bereitstellung von Eigenschaften in einem mobilen Endgerät
US20020057677A1 (en) Method for the realization of a service for the automatic transmission of packet data, as well as communication network, information computer and program module for it
WO2000051331A1 (en) Automatic conversion of telephone number to internet protocol address
EP1407623A1 (de) Erweiterte telekommunikationssystemarchitektur für offenen dienstzugang
IL184109A (en) Interception of databases
US7995730B1 (en) Method and system for masquerading the identity of a communication device returning a missed call
US6041111A (en) Remote telephone data access and display
US20040014495A1 (en) Method for operating a communications system
KR100920634B1 (ko) 발신자 정보 표시 서비스 시스템 및 방법
EP1304006B1 (de) Verwaltung von steuerdaten in einer mobilstation
JPH09186782A (ja) データインターフェース付きｉｓｄｎ端末ユニット
JP4094316B2 (ja) インターネット電話方式および方法
US20040106406A1 (en) Server using wireless application protocol
FI113230B (fi) Menetelmä puhelunohjauksen päivittämiseksi ja tulevien puhelujen ohjaamiseksi
CA2590263C (en) Incoming caller information on self labeling telephone keys

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, GERMANY

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:NEUHAUS, RALF;REEL/FRAME:014311/0798

Effective date: 20030311

STCB Information on status: application discontinuation

Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION